It is a few months now since I changed the DNS server I use from the standard Virgin Media DNS to the one serviced by OpenDNS. It is now time for an update.
Using Open DNS has been a breeze. I have noticed very little difference in the speed at which web pages loaded but [...]
Is this lazy or clever? Maybe it is the only reason to buy a Segway!
Nothing more to say other than enjoy!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qHO8l-Bd1O4
- Posted by Richard Lennox at 07:49 pm
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It seems that spammers are yet again spoofing my domain to send out spam emails. This is really annoying but unpreventable apparently.
What happens is that the spammers send out loads of emails having modified the "FROM" address to appear as if it came from an email on my domain. They then obfuscate the email headers [...]
- Posted by Richard Lennox at 11:25 am
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Quite an ironic title to this post given that it was Windows update that broke my machine! It is confirmed. For 2 nights and several dozen restarts, my machine has been running smoothly again, all be it with automatic updates disabled.
There will probably be a nagging doubt about it few a little (read Long here) [...]
Another weekend of annoyance and pain. Windows broke my machine again. Again I hear you say, yes again.
This time though with Ubuntu linux set up on my old machine - hooray for those 30 minutes spent installing it - I was able to source the problem to… guess what…Windows. Yes, Windows! Windows update to be [...]
Andrew wrote a post recently on this same theme.
It has got me thinking how quickly time has gone by. It seems only last week it was December and Christmas, never mind January, February, March and April! Look at it now. Today, being first Monday in May, is May day, that's us four months into 2007 [...]
With Susan's parents replacing their ten year old (yes that was 1997!) VW Polo, rather than put it out for scrap, they have generously decided to give it to Susan and I. Thanks, Hilary and Ron!!
While it is old by way of a car, it is great. To be honest Susan and I don't really [...]